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Issue of the Day (morning): Student Fees
I was going to spend a good chunk of today going through candidates’ platforms. But very few are up, and those that I have I’m not supposed to talk about yet. So I won’t. But there is one issue that we feel is kinda important, and probably worth considering. Which is that of AMS student [...]
Issue of the Day: Student Apathy
Student apathy is a constant nagging theme threading through AMS affairs. “Students just don’t care” is a detrimental attitude into which is sometimes too easy to sink as an executive, AMS Councillor, or observer. Just look at the voter turnout, they say: as several candidates have pointed out in this election, it’s peaked at 13% [...]
Interview with past execs
As some of you have noticed, I’ve interviewed many old execs from the past, including:- Spencer Keys, President 2005/2006- Manj Sidhu, VP Admin 2005/2006- Rev. Josh Bowman, VP Admin 2003/2004- Ian Patillo, current VP External- Holly Foxcroft, VP External 04/05- Sophia Haque, current VP Finance Check them out! What about VP Academic, you ask?I’m trying [...]
Issue of the Day: Elites
Today was spent talking to people, both in person and online, about the elections. And a couple main themes emerged. One is far more existential, and I need to organize my own thoughts more properly before I can even begin to express them. But the more accessible one is that people perceive the AMS as [...]
Issue of the Day: Policy Motions
Genocide Awareness Project (GAP)and Pro-Choice students at UBC, March 2005. (photo by Gina) Consider the following: McGill University banned Blood Services from blood drives in their building because they ban men who’ve had sex with men from donating. Carleton passed a policy preventing anti-abortion groups from getting funding. (link) SFU’s student society has an activist [...]
Issue of the Day: 24
Question: How awesome was the premiere of 24?Answer: There is no answer. Its awesomeness is beyond the scale of human comprehension. We’ll have a full post later tonight. But sometimes it’s important to take time out to recognize the truly important issues. Like 24. Bonus: Visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc6HbARJ_fQ to relive the explosive final scene.
UBC Okanagan
Fun fact: The AMS isn’t UBC’s only student society. Similarly, not all UBC students go to school in Vancouver. Did you know that? You probably did, but it probably took some reminding, some prompting. UBC-O isn’t front of mind these days, but it probably should be. Why? The “degree equity” matters. A UBC degree is [...]
Interview with Spencer Keys, President 2005/2006
1. What skills that you had did you find most valuable in your capacity as President? On the window of my office I wrote “my ambivalence will be my success” because I actually believed that my ability to dispassionately consider all sides of an issue helped me greatly as President. We often think of the [...]
An Interview with Manjinder Sidhu, VP Admin 05/06
I talked to Manj about her experience as VP Administration.Prior to taking on the role of VP Admin she had been involved with SAC (Student Administrative Commission) for several years. 1) What skills that you had did you find most valuable in yourcapacity as VP Admin? -organizational/communication/interpersonal skillz -goal-setting abilities and the drive to get [...]
Interview with Ian Patillo (current VP X)
1) What skills that you had did you find most valuable in yourcapacity as VPX? I am pretty good at using a telephone, and I learnt about email quickly.You have to be able to identify priorities quickly, and this meanschoosing between competing needs. That can be difficult. 2) What skills did you wish you’d had, [...]
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